Musical Theater That Doesn't Suck

Mimi is a drug-addicted whore. Roger is a rocker. Angel is a drag queen. Perhaps most shocking of all, Angels boyfriend is a former MIT professor. And Mark Cohen is trying to get them all onto film, because Mark is a wannabe filmmaker who hopes to become a famous movie director one day.
None of these people can pay the rent. Thus the title of Jonathan Larsons record-breaking Rent, the 90s rock opera based on Puccinis La boheme that has played to millions and introduced the MTV generation to the very notion of musical theater that didnt suck.